Patents by Inventor Zhi Liang Lu

Zhi Liang Lu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20140258267
    Abstract: Methods and systems directed to aggregating social content from social networking sites, and making the social content available for searching is disclosed. Social content, corresponding to multiple computer users, is obtained from a plurality of social networking sites. The social content is stored in a content store, making it available for searching. In response to receiving a search query (directed to social content), a set of search results is identified, the search results including at least one item of social content obtained from a social networking site. The social content in the search results is filtered according to privacy constraints. A presentation of the filtered search results is generated and provided to the requesting computer user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-An Lin, Timothy Andrew Harrington, Guenther Schmuelling, Zhi Liang Lu